Darth Mallwalker said:

I do like the try-before-you-buy approach to equipment though.

Yep, but as far as it can be refund, why not making a capture of every one of these recordings before ?... That would have made two of a stroke, mostly if one day JT wanted to get better equipement and then compare the results.

A raw capture as suggested SkyJedi would indeed have been the best thing to do before bringing back the stuff to the seller ! Notably when JT's LP rips were that pitch correct.

Purists are not allergical to a few noise if the rest rocks !